One positive thing you accomplished today...

[Finished]

I did some much needed house painting.

 

[TheSkaFish]

I got caught in a hard downpour during my 5K today...only to run my best time since high school....24:29. I smashed my old PR, as well as my goal of breaking 25 minutes.

Also, I'm up to 32 consecutive pushups, another PR I got today.

I just hope this translates to more calories and more fat burned.

Finally, I'm down to 35 and a half inches or so for my waist, maybe a little more, but still under 36 inches.
I'm on my way to my target of 35 inches, and hopefully on my way to my goal of no fat rolls - I'm not there yet but they have gone down.

 

[Finished]

^ Great job!!!!!

I did some much needed welding and metal work.

 

[TheSkaFish]

^ Great job!!!!!

Thanks

I did some much needed welding and metal work.

Damn, it seems like you know how to do everything!

 

[Finished]

^ I do. I do NOT want to interact with others IRL so I have learned to do everything myself. I have even cut and styled my own hair for the past three decades. I even figure out a way to do it when I crashed my dominant shoulder and it was not usable.

 

[Sidewinder]

Haha, I cut my own hair all the time, and I've done so for at least 15 years... I use electric clippers, the Sunbeam numbers with attachments, those make it easy to trim the back and sides. I never cut the top, that's thinning out anyway courtesy of genetics, lol. But I started cutting my own hair after some gal showed me how, it saves heller money and I don't have to wait around in some barber shop... only takes me about 10 or 15 minutes with the attachments, they make it heller easy. My guest bathroom has multiple mirrors too, already in place on one wall and an opposite corner, so I have a good view as I cut. I have a handheld mirror too for close-up action if I need it. Sheeee-it, I've probably saved thousands of dollars since I started doing this, as I used to generously tip whichever barber or gal was cutting my hair... hey, in this Brave New Third Socialist World, ya gotta TRIM expenses whenever & wherever ya can! [Pun intended!] And if the cut is a little edgy, well, I call it 'retro punk rock' or 'retro mod' style, lol. WTF, it'll grow back, I usually cut it every 3 weeks or so. CHEERS!!!

 

[Sidewinder]

Well, THEY called ME, but I set up an interview for a full-time job, I talk to the manager tomorrow at 0900. Nothing special, just restaurant cashier work, but WTF, it's full-time with benefits, so I'm in until something better comes along, lol. The place is only minutes from my home, so no commute to Sierra Vista or Tucson. At my age, I don't really care what I do, as long as I make enough to pay my bills... being free & clear on my home helps, but I'm not retired, so I gotta do something. And in this crazy modern world, ya takes what you can get, lol. We'll see how it goes manana, I still have a bunch of apps out in case it looks like a ****** job. I'd like to find local work with my CDL-A, but that has proven to be difficult, despite answering numerous ads over the past few months. I still check the listings every day in case the county is hiring, sometimes having a CDL-A gives one hiring preference.

Ironically, my MVR is spotless, but my trucking experience dates back at least a decade, and the insurance *********s all want recent experience... so despite my extensive experience, including hauling hazardous waste to registered treatment facilities nationwide (sounds ugly, but it was the easiest job I ever had, till they botched everything by teaming the trucks, and I'm strictly solo on the road), not to mention SERIOUS winter & mountain driving on every major grade in the country, I get passed over for some jobs. I could go OTR, but I'm not about to give up my cats, and they damned sure couldn't go with me... that's out of the question. Besides, I already saw the country, and I'm not sure I want to travel around the U.S. with all the social & political unrest, yeah? **** that ****, I'd just as soon hang out here in Redneck Land and make a little less money. The cost of living is low here, so it's a workable proposition, lol.

Anyway, it's a lead, this latest call, so I reckon I'll go in and check out the setup... I don't really care about dealing with the public, at my age it's difficult for anyone to rile me, I have a hide like a rhinoceros, lol. When I lost that good gubmint job last year over the ******** inmate smoking near fuel, well, that was a safety issue so I eventually lost patience with the fool. I STILL can't believe how that fiasco panned out, just more PC ******** in a fraudulent world, lol. God forbid I hurt the poor inmate's feelings while he endangered the ******* lives of everybody in the workplace! ******, 2020 will forever be known as the year when ALL rules & regs went out the ******* window... one look at the fraudulent piece o' swamp rat trash in the Oval Office is clear proof of that. Meh, I'll just focus upon my life here in Cochise County, which is pretty good overall... if this restaurant job keeps me here with my cats, then so be it. I can always keep checking the job listings, lol.  

WELL, GUESS I'LL GET SOMETHING TO EAT, I'VE BEEN DOING LAUNDRY THIS MORNING AND NOW I'M HUNGRY... GOT SOME LEFTOVER BURRITO MIX IN THE FRIDGE THAT HAS MY NAME ALL OVER IT, LOL. CHEERS!!!  

 

[TheSkaFish]

Pushed myself to go for a run today when I didn't really feel like it.

But the weather was nice and it would have been a shame to waste one of the last warm-ish days of the year. Also I like exercise on the weekend because there's less traffic.

Anyway. I dragged myself out of the house...and ran one of the best times I had in a long while. 25:31 for 5K. Feels good to return to form, after a lot of "meh" workouts lately.

Also I'm a week into November and my exercise habit chain is still unbroken for the month, so that's nice too. I know it's only a week but it's a promising start.

 

[beingnobody]

Something big, something small....anything.

I'll start:

I managed to give my five year old a shower tonight without her drenching me like she usually does.

Shaved

 

[Lemonbalm]

Finally finished a book I'd been reading on and off for months. I got bored with it halfway through, but I can never bring myself to leave a book unfinished - just in case it suddenly gets good again towards the end! (It didn't!)

 

[Oranda]

Something big, something small....anything.

I'll start:

I managed to give my five year old a shower tonight without her drenching me like she usually does.

Did a short course at college that I've wanted to do since before lockdown

 

[Sarah G]

Cycled to a new supermarket (that was weirdly almost the same as the old one) and went for a walk.

 

[solonely20]

Pushed myself to go for a run today when I didn't really feel like it.

But the weather was nice and it would have been a shame to waste one of the last warm-ish days of the year. Also I like exercise on the weekend because there's less traffic.

Anyway. I dragged myself out of the house...and ran one of the best times I had in a long while. 25:31 for 5K. Feels good to return to form, after a lot of "meh" workouts lately.

Also I'm a week into November and my exercise habit chain is still unbroken for the month, so that's nice too. I know it's only a week but it's a promising start.

that is a very good time.

 

[TheSkaFish]

Thanks, just trying to keep the pounds off. I'm not quite where I want to be but a lot better off than where I started.

I'll have to weigh myself to see just how much progress I've made.

 

[solonely20]

Thanks, just trying to keep the pounds off. I'm not quite where I want to be but a lot better off than where I started.

I'll have to weigh myself to see just how much progress I've made.

I went for my first run in 10 months the other (not meant to run due to health issues) and I did 1 km in just over 9 minutes. At my best I was doing a km at 5 mins. I never did more than 2kms in one session though haha.

How much you weigh? I was 198 a month a go and I have gotten up to 213 but now back to I'd say 206. I gain lots of weight in short period because at times or often I eat lots of food to calm depression. If I don't do any exercise I put on weight.

I do want to say to anyone reading who is unhappy with their weight. I know it is hard to lose weight but please just take it one week at a time. You'll see results with a consistent schedule and you'll get those cheat days where you can sugary foods.

 

[TheSkaFish]

How much you weigh? I was 198 a month a go and I have gotten up to 213 but now back to I'd say 206. I gain lots of weight in short period because at times or often I eat lots of food to calm depression. If I don't do any exercise I put on weight.

That's a good question. I weighed 196 pounds at the start of all this, and that was just before the start of 2020. I haven't weighed myself since then. My goal is to get into the 170s. I think that would be healthy for my height.

And I'm the same way - if I don't do any exercise, I put on weight, and quickly. That's why I really don't like missing exercise days, if I can help it.

 

[TheSkaFish]

So I may not have accomplished this in one day, but it was an accomplishment...

The last time I weighed myself was around New Year's Eve 2019, going into 2020. At that point, I weighed 196 pounds.
I was dismayed that I was almost 200, as I'd never been that heavy before.

Yesterday I weighed myself for the first time since then. And, after almost 2 years, and many 5K's and many walks, I'm happy to report that I'm somewhere between 162 and 166 pounds. I weighed myself several times to be sure, since I couldn't believe it. But the scale consistently showed a weight between those two numbers. That means that even at the most conservative estimate, I lost about 30 pounds. I didn't expect to have lost that much at all...I thought I would have been in the upper 170s at the very best.

My body still doesn't look the way I'd like it to - there is still some fat I'd like to get rid of, and I'd like to gain some muscle too. I don't know if I'd be comfortable at the beach yet, but at least my stomach doesn't stick out that much anymore. And I'm glad to know that my workout plan was at least somewhat effective. I'm always so afraid of trying to improve things, only to hit a wall and get nowhere and be stuck in a situation that I'm not happy with. But it actually worked significantly, even if it wasn't all the way. And even though I don't consider the problem fully solved, I feel like I at least have it under control.

Now I just have to dig up my old jeans, and see if I fit

 

[TheRealCallie]

My coffee went into a mug and I didn't spill it

 

[user 188522]

I caught a mouse in my aviary, my love birds were happy!

 

[TheSkaFish]

I organized the linen closet. I got tired of being buried in an avalanche of laundry every time I opened it, so I decided to sort things in there once and for all. It looks much better, it's much more orderly, and the door shuts properly now.